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Meredith Guinness

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Meredith Guinness was formerly a Daily Voice reporter covering breaking news and community features in Fairfield County.

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Bridgeport Wins National Environmental Award For Innovative Thermal Loop Bridgeport Wins National Environmental Award For Innovative Thermal Loop
Bridgeport Wins National Environmental Award For Innovative Thermal Loop BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — The City of Bridgeport won a national award and a $10,000 grant from the U.S. Conference of Mayors for its innovative thermal heating district serving downtown and the University of Bridgeport. Mayor Joe Ganim accepted the honorable mention for the 2016 Mayor’s Climate Protection Award at a ceremony in Indianapolis on Friday. “Climate change represents a significant risk to cities like Bridgeport that are situated in coastal areas,” Ganim said. “We must use all of our creativity and resources – both in the public sector and in partnership with business – to reverse the…

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Business
New Senior Living Community In Fairfield Means Jobs, Taxes New Senior Living Community In Fairfield Means Jobs, Taxes
New Senior Living Community In Fairfield Means Jobs, Taxes FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A senior living complex expected to generate $250,00 in new annual net taxes got one step closer to reality when the Fairfield Plan & Zoning Commission approved its application last week, according to the Office of Community & Economic Development. Westport-based Maplewood Senior Living plans a 91,926-square-foot assisted living and memory care facility on a 27-acre site on Mill Hill Terrace. The plans call for preservation of 15 acres of the property as protected open space through a conservation easement, in accordance with the terms of its inland wetlands per…

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Neighbors
Childcare Crisis Averted For Many Who Use Care4Kids Subsidy In Connecticut Childcare Crisis Averted For Many Who Use Care4Kids Subsidy In Connecticut
Childcare Crisis Averted For Many Who Use Care4Kids Subsidy In Connecticut NORWALK, Conn. — Over 4,450 families using Care4Kids subsidies to pay for childcare have gotten a reprieve.  The Connecticut Office of Early Childhood announced that the families will not be cut off from the program as of July 1, as originally planned because of budget cuts. However, the program will not accept most new applicants as of Aug. 1, said Jessica Ciparelli, communications specialist for the Connecticut Early Childhood Alliance, which has strongly opposed the decision to lower income requirements on the program. Parents, childcare providers and advocates will meet with legislat…

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Politics
Homeless Man Banned After Wine Theft From Fairfield Church Homeless Man Banned After Wine Theft From Fairfield Church
Homeless Man Banned After Wine Theft From Fairfield Church FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A homeless man is no longer allowed at Holy Family Church in Fairfield after he was caught on surveillance tape stealing a four-liter bottle of wine from a church building, police said. The pastor of the Old Stratfield Road church called police when he noticed the wine was missing and a security video showed a balding man in his 50s walking through the building with the bottle of Carlo Rossi at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, police said. Officers determined the man had been “hanging around” the church for years and a past pastor had allowed him to sleep in the building from time t…

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Police & Fire
Potties Pushed Into Waterways After Half Marathon In Fairfield Potties Pushed Into Waterways After Half Marathon In Fairfield
Potties Pushed Into Waterways After Half Marathon In Fairfield FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Fairfield firefighters received two calls to retrieve portable bathrooms that had been tipped into town waterways along the route of Saturday’s Fairfield Half Marathon. Shortly before 4:30 p.m., firefighters righted three bathrooms pushed off Oldfield Road into Pine Creek, police said. Around 11:30 p.m., they were called to pull three more out of Mill River off Harbor Road.

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Police & Fire
Fairfield Deli Staffer Loses Week's Pay In Theft From Parked Jeep Fairfield Deli Staffer Loses Week's Pay In Theft From Parked Jeep
Fairfield Deli Staffer Loses Week's Pay In Theft From Parked Jeep FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A Fairfield deli employee lost his week's pay Saturday, when someone stole an envelope of cash from his Jeep Wrangler on Black Rock Turnpike, police said. A staffer from the Country Cow Deli stashed an envelope containing $545 in the glove box of the unlocked car before parking at White Birch Plaza to go to a liquor store shortly before 5 p.m., police said.  He was gone for only minutes, but he said the cash was gone when he got home, police said

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Police & Fire
Fairfield Police Seek Information In Oxycodone Theft At CVS Fairfield Police Seek Information In Oxycodone Theft At CVS
Fairfield Police Seek Information In Oxycodone Theft At CVS FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Fairfield Police have released three photos of the man they believe took a large quantity of oxycodone pills from the CVS Pharmacy at 1968 Black Rock Turnpike Friday. At 1:30 p.m., a white male wearing a black shirt and baseball cap approached the pharmacy and demanded oxycodone, saying that if the staff didn’t comply, “someone would get hurt,” police said. He was given the pills and he fled the store, police said. Fairfield police are asking for for assistance in identifying the suspect. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Detective Bureau at 203-254-4840…

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Police & Fire
Bridgeport Police Seek Public's Help In Krauszer's Armed Robbery Bridgeport Police Seek Public's Help In Krauszer's Armed Robbery
Bridgeport Police Seek Public's Help In Krauszer's Armed Robbery BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — The Bridgeport Police Detective Robbery Squad is looking for assistance in identifying two perpetrators responsible for an armed robbery at Krauszer’s Food Store, 2579 Fairfield Ave., on June 20 at 11:15 p.m. The police department released video of the incident in the city's Black Rock neighborhood. Anyone with information on the crime is asked to contact Detective Frank Delbouno at 203-581-5234.

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Lifestyle
Another British Invasion Coming To Fairfield Another British Invasion Coming To Fairfield
Another British Invasion Coming To Fairfield FAIRFIELD, Conn. — The Redcoats are coming back to Fairfield — only this time it’s all in fun. In honor of the 240th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Fairfield Museum and History Center will display an early version of the document from July 1 through 17 and host a Declaration Celebration July 10 on the historic Town Green. "Fairfield was forged in the crucible of the American Revolution and the Fairfield Museum is especially honored to display this rare copy of the Declaration of Independence whose defining words continue to mold our great country,&q…

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Police & Fire
Cremation Urns Stolen, Vault Vandalized At Stratford Cemetery Cremation Urns Stolen, Vault Vandalized At Stratford Cemetery
Cremation Urns Stolen, Vault Vandalized At Stratford Cemetery STRATFORD, Conn. — A Stratford man is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons who stole 18 cremation urns at Union Cemetery, including those holding the remains of his mother and grandmother. Glenn Everlith, Jr., owner of Main Street Tavern, said it appeared someone “blew open” the vault and took the urns Thursday morning, perhaps to sell as scrap metal. “It’s disgusting. I have no idea why someone would do something like that,” he said. “There are no words for it.” The vault was opened and memorial name plates were smashed in the incident. …

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